Absolute Perfection

Representative Text

1 Holy as thou, O Lord, is none;
Thy holiness is all thine own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours, a drop derived from thee.

2 And when thy purity we share,
Thy brightest glory we declare;
And, humbled into nothing, own,
Holy and pure is God alone.

3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord,
By all thy heavenly hosts adored,
Let all on earth bow down to thee,
And own thy peerless majesty.

4 Thy power unequaled we confess,
Established on the rock of peace;
The rock that never shall remove,
The rock of pure, almighty love.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #60

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Holy as thou, O Lord, is none!
Title: Absolute Perfection
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WINCHESTER NEW

The original version of WINCHESTER NEW appeared in Musikalisches Handbuch der geistlichen Melodien, published in Hamburg, Germany, in 1690 by Georg Wittwe. It was set to the text “Wer nur den lieben Gott” (see 446). An expanded version of the tune was a setting for "Dir, dir Jehova" (see 203) in…

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HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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GERICHT


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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d214

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d315

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d316

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d315

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #22

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #209

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #209

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d224

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d139

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d205

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #72

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #247

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #28

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #6

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A Collection of Hymns #209

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A Collection of Hymns #245

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #131

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #121

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Devotional hymns #26

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Free Methodist Hymnal #11

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #54

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #54

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #36

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #36

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #131

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #131

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #136

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #136

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Hymns for Public Worship #218

Hymns for Social Worship and Private Devotion #d57

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d178

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #100

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d418

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Hymns of the Spirit #291

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Hymns selected from various authors #15

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d302

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Methodist Hymn-Book #51

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New Hymn and Tune book #179c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #179c

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d310

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d268

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #90

The Church Hymnal #80

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #17

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The Cyber Hymnal #2532

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #251

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The Harp #39

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a39

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The Heart and Voice #86a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #40

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #32

The Millennial Chorister #d44

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.91

The Saints' Harp #d358

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #60

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #86

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The Tribute of Praise #86

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The Tribute of Praise #86

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The Voice of Praise #105

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #11

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The Woman's Hymnal #26

Universalist Hymn Book #d201

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Wesleyan Hymn and Tune Book #29c

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